The vet was here until after 11 last night... (Wes is also sick, so it was a long night...) Poke has a large laceration on his chest that appears to have occurred when he got hung up on something, he ripped himself clear open! I am so thankful; twice Dr. Erickson said how lucky he was that it was only the skin (one little fleshy puncture) as his jugular runs right below the surface... he was VERY close to a different outcome!! He has quite a few stitches, dozens of staples and 2 drains. He basically had a micro surgery right in his stall! She had to cut all of the edges to get clean flesh, flushed and scrubbed and then spent at least an hour doing stitches. Ill post a picture later, but she put a cool covering on it to relieve some of the tension from the shoulder, so you can't even see the wound. He will need the drains out in 5 days, anti inflammatories for maybe a week (he is very bruised... ran into something pretty hard! We had a snow squall pass thru in the afternoon, I wonder if he was extra disoriented?!) antibiotics for 10 days, then the stitches/staples come out in 2 weeks. For this time he will be on complete stall rest. I'm going to have a very grumpy old man on my hands! He is comfortable this morning, unhappy with the meds in his grain, but otherwise doing alright. Hopefully all will heal well... Ill post pictures later.
Billy's Birthday fell on Saturday this year, and it was a crazy day for us! Savanna had a cheer leading competition (they won.... again!) and he had Pinewood derby! So opted to spread the birthday celebration out a bit! He had 2 other kids in his class with similar birthday's so he got to pick the day he wanted to bring in his special snack... So, Wednesday I made cupcake shaped cake pops for his class, and that started out the birthday bash!
Then on Saturday I got him cookie crisp cereal (which he has been dying to try!) for breakfast and made a cake for Pinewood derby. I tried to make a wooden looking car... it didn't come out quite like I wanted, but everyone said it was great! The kids there all sang him Happy Birthday. Grandma Houston called and he opened their package and was very happy with their gifts! It gave him a few things to play with and he was happy to get into the present pile.
Then on Sunday we had his family party. He wants to wait until the summer for his friend party. He really wanted a camping party, but March is hard for that! Especially since we still have quite a bit of snow cover! So, in July or August we will take a few boys back to the campground we went to with the Cub Scouts last summer. It should be fun! 
I didn't too a great job with the Houston traditional angel food cake, but he was pleased with it! He got a few games- including the game he really wanted, and 2 x-box live cards. A cool safe, some money, an airplane and a gun. It was a fun afternoon, and wrapped up the celebration for now! Come summer we will revisit the Billy Birthday~ But for now, the boy is 9 and that's enough!!
